Four Friends Fight About Film

Way back in the blissful world of January 2020, when nothing could possibly go wrong, we recorded an episode all about our favorite actresses. It sat on a hard drive for years only to be dusted off for the recent celebration of one of the four friend's nuptials! We each chose one actress and three movies that best represented their body of work. You'll learn all about an actress who acts in three different languages, an actress who transitions flawlessly from fashion magazine publisher assistant to time-traveling action hero, an actress who was nominated for “worst actress of the decade,” and an actress who directed Barbie. 0:00 - Opening 10:50 - Hudson's #3 - Hannah Takes The Stairs 23:12 - Jordan's #3 - Queen Margot 35:09 - Lance's #3 - Bonnie & Clyde 49:22 - Gibby's #3 - The Devil Wears Prada 1:01:54 - Hudson's #2 - Frances Ha 1:10:30 - Jordan's #2 - Nosferatu 1:28:48 - Lance's #2 - Network 1:40:11 - Gibby's #2 - Edge of Tomorrow 1:46:01 - Hudson's #1 - 20th Century Women 2:01:14 - Jordan's #1 - Possession 2:14:52 - Lance's #1 - Mommie Dearest 2:27:06 - Gibby's #1 - Sicario

Sixth episode in a series of mini-quickies in which the friends and a special guest each recommend a movie for your whenever! Five-ish movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong depending on whose recommendation to take! This week's special guest recommender is our life-long friend Steven Grubbs. He's a guy that's smart and loves movies. +++ This weeks recommendations: Star Girl (Hudson) Best In Show (Jordan) Step Brothers (Steven) A Night At The Opera (Steven) Beverly Hills Cop (Steven) Pixar

The list you’ve all been waiting for, our favorite movies of... 2017. Okay so when we started recording this season it WAS 2017 so this episode made a lot more sense then. However, we still stand by our picks which include movies about a figure skater, a veterinary student, a newspaper publisher, a group therapy session, a movie set 29 years in the future, two set 80 years in the past, and one about a dude who acts like a monkey. 0:00 - Opening 7:52 - Jordan's #3 - Raw 12:12 - Gibby's #3 - The Post 19:31 - Lance's #3 - The Big Sick - available to stream on Amazon prime 29:03 - Hudson's #3 - The Discovery - available to stream on Netflix 37:16 - Jordan's #2 - The Square - available to stream on Hulu, Hoopla 44:04 - Gibby's #2 - Darkest Hour - available to stream on Cinemax Amazon Subs 51:24 - Lance's #2 - I, Tonya - available to stream on Hulu 1:00:00 - Hudson's #2 - Three Billboards Outside Ebbings MO - available to stream on Cinemax Amazon subs 1:07:50 - Jordan's #1 - The Work - available to stream on Hoopla, Kanopy 1:29:30 - Gibbys' #1 - Hostiles - available to stream on Netflix 1:36:04 - Lance's #1 - Blade Runner 2049 1:44:08 - Hudson's #1 - Dunkirk Sponsored by www.anchor.fm - the best place to podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Fifth episode in a new series of mini-quickies in which the friends and a special guest each recommend a movie for your whenever! Five-ish movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong depending on whose recommendation to take! This week's special guest recommender is our very good friend Jenny Gunn. She is a lecturer in film and media studies at Georgia State University. +++ This weeks recommendations: Ex Machina (Hudson) Videodrome (Jordan) Knock Knock (Jenny) Jurassic Park (Gibby) Sweet November (Lance) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the guys talk about their moms' favorite movies... these MOVIES OUR MOMS PICKED include two movies with shirtless swashbuckling Spaniards, two about raising children you don't necessarily want, one about a woman killing her husband not once but twice, one with flocks of murderous birds terrorizing schoolchildren, one about dating and falling in love with the babysitter, and one about just how much love, sex, fun and friendship a person can take. 0:00 - Opening 9:13 - Hudson & Susan's # 3 - Secondhand Lions 17:21 - Jordan & Barbie's # 3 - Double Jeopardy 22:11 - Gibby & Kim's # 3 - White Christmas 28:58 - Lance & Lynn's # 3 - Baby Boom 37:51 - Hudson & Susan's # 2 - The Count Of Monte Cristo 43:13 - Jordan & Barbie's # 2 - It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World 52:19 - Gibby & Kim's # 2 - The Sound Of Music 1:04:38 - Lance & Lynn's # 2 - You've Got Mail 1:15:16 - Hudson & Susan's # 1 - The Mask Of Zorro 1:26:10 - Jordan & Barbie's # 1 - The Birds 1:33:47 - Gibby & Kim's # 1 - The Big Chill 1:44:21 - Lance & Lynn's # 1 - Driving Miss Daisy 1:52:52 - Excited Abouts This episode is sponsored by anchor.fm - the easiest way to podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Fourth episode in a new series of mini-quickies where each of us and a special guest recommend a movie for your whenever wherever! Five-ish movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong, depending on whose recommendation you take! This week's special guest is filmmaker and long-time fan of the show, Rachel Sweeney! You can watch the pilot for DEAD GIRL here! +++ This weeks recommendations: Saw (Gibby) Girls Trip (Jordan) John Carter (Rachel) Zodiac (Hudson) Sweet November (Lance) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The four friends are doing something a little different this week, and each guy picks one movie for each of the other guys to watch. We talk about 2 of the top 10 IMDb rated movies of all time, four movies in a foreign language plus one British movie that is super British, two of the guys finally have to watch a Gibby pick, and they spend 20 minutes discussing the worst Star Wars movie of all time. 0:00 - Opening 7:27 - Hudson force watch # 3 - Ikiru 15:16 - Gibby force watch # 3 - Attack The Block 23:16 - Lance force watch # 3 - Love & Anarchy 31:23 - Jordan force watch # 3 - The Vanishing 37:01 - Hudson force watch # 2 - Revanche 42:04 - Gibby force watch # 2 - The Godfather 51:24 - Lance force watch # 2 - The Black Stallion 1:01:41 - Jordan force watch # 2 - I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore 1:08:58 - Hudson force watch # 1 - Defending Your Life 1:18:13 - Lance force watch # 1 - How To Train Your Dragon 1:24:56 - Gibby force watch # 1 - The Godfather II 1:32:29 - Jordan force watch # 1 - Star Wars: The Phanton Menace 1:53:49 - Excited abouts --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Third episode in a new series of mini-quickies where each of us and a special guest recommend a movie for your whenever wherever! Five-ish movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong, depending on whose recommendation you take! This week's special guest is filmmaker and long-time fan of the show, Lisa M Waring! +++ This weeks recommendations: Home Again (Gibby) The Slender Thread (Jordan) To All the Boys I've Loved Before and To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (Lisa) Skate Kitchen (Hudson) Sweet November (Lance) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the guys come clean and confess their guilty pleasures... including Russian steroid use, 90s computer hacking, professional bouncer leagues, surfing on teen mission trips, alien-possessed bicycles, calling people 'banana head', cheerleading competition race relations, and the complete destruction of planet Earth. 0:00 - Opening 8:38 - Lance’s # 3 - Rocky IV 16:44 - Hudson’s # 3 - Soul Surfer 23:12 - Jordan’s # 3 - The Net 30:48 - Gibby’s # 3 - Empire Records 38:37 - Lance’s # 2 - The Last Action Hero 44:58 - Hudson’s # 2 - If I Stay 56:04 - Jordan’s # 2 - Jaws 3 1:03:10 - Gibby’s # 2 - It’s Complicated 1:11:02 - Lance’s # 1 - Road House 1:19:08 - Hudson’s # 1 - Bring It On 1:25:56 - Jordan’s # 1 - Maximum Overdrive 1:31:35 - Gibby’s # 1 - 2012 1:40:51 - Excited Abouts and end This episode is sponsored by - Anchor. The easiest way to make a podcast https://anchor.fm/app --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Second episode in a new series of mini-quickies where we each recommend a movie along with a guest recommender! Five movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong, we suppose, depending on what you decide to watch. This week's special guest is a podcasting colleague and long-time fan of the show, Susan Cooper! +++ This weeks recommendations: Only the Brave (Gibby) Ace in the Hole (Lance) In A World... (Susan) Sleepless in Seattle (Hudson) Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (Jordan) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the friends discuss their favorite Westerns... a genre Gibby thinks contains more movies than all other genres combined even though he has nary a stat nor a bit of research to back that up. These Western picks include a movie that makes no sense whatsoever, one with a truly iconic score, a movies about a talking gecko not selling insurance, two that don't take place anywhere remotely near the American West, and a Best Picture winner or two! Yeehaw, y'all! 0:00:00 - Opening  7:36 - Gibby's # 3 - Rango 12:35 - Lance's # 3 - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly 18:00 - Hudson's # 3 - The Good, The Bad & The Weird 22:10 - Jordan's # 3 - Young Guns 30:16 - Gibby's # 2 - Slow West 35:48 - Lance's #2 - Shane 43:15 - Hudson's #2 - Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid 53:55 - Jordan's #2 - El Topo 1:00:50 - Gibby's # 1 - 3:10 to Yuma 1:06:02 - Lance's # 1 - The Searchers 1:11:15 - Hudson's # 1 - Unforgiven 1:18:53 - Jordan's # 1 - The Proposition 1:24:49 - Excited Abouts and End --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

First episode in a new series of mini-quickies where we each recommend a movie along with a guest recommender! Five movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong, we suppose, depending on what you decide to watch. This week's special guest is our very dear friend / filmmaking collaborator / and super awesome person: Sonya May! +++ This weeks recommendations: Them That Follow (Hudson) All of 2019? (Gibby) Loving Vincent (Sonya) The Last Black Man In San Francisco (Jordan) Toy Story 3 (Lance?) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

SEASON THREE IS HERE! The friends are back and ready to fight about their favorite films that are the 3rd part in a trilogy, mostly. Episode 25 has got all your favorite franchises covered including those with aliens, apes, superheroes, toys, wizards, samurai, priests, cops, archeologists, and... beavers. 0:00 - start 7:22 - Jordan’s Number 3 - Alien 3 14:03 - Gibby’s Number 3 - if you didn’t think he’d pick Toy Story 3, then you’ve never listened to an episode 20:43 - Lance’s Number 3 - Exorcist 3 25:37 - HP’s Number 3 - Thor: Ragnorak 33:16 - Jordan’s Number 2 - The Beaver Trilogy (!?!) 42:03 - Gibby’s Number 2 - War for the Planet of the Apes 48:19 - Lance’s Number 2 - Die Hard With A Vengeance 54:22 - HP’s Number 2 - The Dark Knight Rises 1:01 - Jordan’s Number 1 - New Tale Of Zatoichi 1:08 - Gibby’s Number 1 - Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1:15 - Lance’s Number 1 - Return of the Jedi 1:21 - HP’s Number 1 - Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade 1:29 - Excited Abouts --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The friends continue the tradition of Jordan giving the rest of the guys unreciprocated Christmas gifts PLUS a big gift to you, the listener.

This week the guys talk about movies suggested by listeners of the podcast, y'know, LISTENER SUGGESTIONS, including one about werewolves in love with girls in love with vampires, one about girls in love with guys in love with dancing, one with a woman in love with a 13 year old boy in love with toys, and one about guys formerly in love with racism. 0:00 - opening and intro questions 5:11 - Gibby #3 - "Fantastic Mr Fox" suggested by Adam Williams 11:31 - Jordan #3 - "Hedwig & The Angry Inch" suggested by Jacob York 17:00 - Lance #3 - "Crimson Peak" suggested by Jonah Berkowitz 23:00 - Hudson #3 - "Housebound (2014)" suggested by Jacob Hunt 27:08 - Gibby #2 - "The Straight Story" suggested by Chris Adams 33:28 - Jordan #2 -"Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2" suggested by James Legg 40:26 - Lance #2 - "Big" suggested by Brendan Egan 47:25 - Hudson #2 - "Sliding Doors" suggested by Amanda Rogers 52:55 - Gibby #1 - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" suggested by Susan Stagg Cooper 59:40 - Jordan #1 - "American History X" suggested by Alison Umbarger 1:07:28 - Lance #1 - "The Matrix" suggested by Clay Jones 1:14:00 - Hudson #1 - "Tombstone" suggested by Josh Stringer 1:20:35 - Excited abouts and ending voice and one awesome song --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the guys get a little personal and pick movies that tell their life stories, including a movie that may or may not be a love story, a movie that got panned and petered out, two movies that only Jordan watched, and a movie that none of them watched. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the guys pick some of their favorite ZOMBIE MOVIES, including two movies that Lance thinks ruined the books they were based on, a movie that started the entire genre, a rom zom com bomb, and a movie that feels like Tim Burton remade The Evil Dead. EEEAAAT! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the guys talk about some of their favorite movie characters, including a cross-dressing babysitter, a capitalistic high schooler, a milk-drinking assassin, and Winnie the Pooh on opium. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the guys discuss movies that make them giggle and guffaw... FUNNIEST MOVIES, including a non-singing Madonna, a too-paid actor/director, Walt Disney getting shot in the leg, and a south of the border ET. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the fellers tackle some of their favorite MOVIE ACTORS, including a 50 year old playing a 70 year old, one of the most famous and celebrated actors in the world who Gibby thinks is underrated, a guy who had 800 auditions before landing his breakout role, and a Samurai. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the guys talk about their favorite sports movies including the Bears of bad news, the kids of karate, the lights of Friday, and balls of money, and the sports of blood. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the guys pick their favorite underrated movies, including one about the invention of the hula hoop, one about throwing chairs from a high rise, one that's six movies in one, one with a lot of screaming, and one that's a procedural on digging holes. Oh and Lance gets upset about something or other. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Now that the Academy Awards are over, the guys pick their favorite Oscar Losers, including movies that were unfairly snubbed by Forrest Gump, Gladiator, Annie Hall, The French Connection, No Country For Old Men, and two that lost to something called Hamlet. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys reflect on their favorite movies from 2016, including one that had Gibby heaving in his seat, one that hypnotized Lance, one that gave Jordan lockjaw, and we learn that Hudson has finally come-of-age. What a time to be alive! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's Valentine's Day and love is in the air, so the guys pick their favorite romantic movies, including one about a mass murdering spree, one about a young man faking his death, one about teenage pregnancy, and one about dementia. Y'know, romantic stuff! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro and Intro question 3:00 - Facebook Feedback and voices 5:50 - How hard was this list? 8:47 - Jordan's #3 13:45 - Gibby's #3 19:11 - Hudson's #3 22:24 - Lance's #3 28:41 - Jordan's #2 34:58 - Gibby's #2 40:41 - Hudson's #2 47:18 - Lance's #2 52:04 - Jordan's #1 58:41 - Gibby's #1 1:07:39 - Hudson's #1 1:13:32 - Lance's #1 1:18:53 - What are you excited about? 1:19:47 - What's up next week and end credits --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Podcasts rely heavily on iTunes reviews, and we want to grow the show as much as possible, so here’s the deal: the next 12 people who leave us a review on iTunes (starting February 10) can send us an e-mail (at fightaboutfilm@gmail.com) with a movie they want us to cover! We’ll feature those 12 movies later this season on a show entirely made up of listener suggestions.

To start our second 'season' the guys fight over their favorite movie sequels, including one that gave Lance a headache, one that puts Jordan to sleep, two that don't include Batman's origin story, one that completely ignores the original, and we still have time to argue about the definition of 'sequel' when Lance makes his own rules! 0:00-2:24 - intro 2:24-5:04 - facebook talkback and voices 5:05-6:30 - Sequels! 6:31-12:22 - Gibby's # 3 12:23-18:29 - Jordan's #3 18:30-19:32 - Lance's #3 19:33-21:52 - Lance makes up his own rules and blames it on the rest of the guys 21:52-24:24 - Lance talks about his #3 again 24:25-29:09 - Hudson's #3 29:10-35:25 - Gibby's #2 35:26-41:59 - Jordan's #2 42:00-47:41 - Lance's #2 47:42-54:19 - Hudson's #2 54:20-59:03 - Gibby's #1 59:04-1:05:29 - Jordan's #1 1:05:30-1:09:29 - Lance's #1 1:09:30-1:15:44 - Hudson's #1 1:15:45 - excited about 1:18:18 - what's up next week? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We'll be taking a short break, but we'll be back in February of 2017 with all new episodes! We'll still be active on facebook and twitter at @fightaboutfilm, so follow us to keep up with the latest news (and maybe a few surprises). Happy New Year!

Now that the holidays are here, the guys talk about some of their favorite Christmas movies, including one about horrifying creatures mauling innocent civilians, one about child abandonment, one with R-rated phone calls, and one with full grown men passing out drunk at the family dinner. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys pick one of their favorite documentary films, including one that will make you hungry, one that calls pretty much everybody a Satanist, one that fills Lance with rage, and one that Gibby may have spelled wrong. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys pick one of their favorite directors and talk about three films by each including a quintessential 80s director, an unsung filmmaking duo, a director who fancies rock stars (and one folk monster), and Super Dave’s brother. 0:00-5:00 - Who would direct your life? Game-Time! 5:00 - Introduction to each of our director picks 10:30 - Gibby's #3 movie 17:10 - Lance's # 3 movie 21:10 - Jordan's #3 movie 26:45 - Hudson's #3 movie 31:54 - Gibby's #2 movie 37:45 - Lance's #2 movie 41:40 - Jordan's #2 movie 46:45 - Hudson's #2 movie 50:40 - Gibby's #1 movie 57:25 - Lance's #1 movie 1:02:10 - Jordan's #1 movie 1:06:50 - Hudson's #1 movie 1:13:45 - excited about... 1:16:13 - Credits featuring a very special guest --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the guys get weepy while discussing MOVIES THEY CRIED AT including films about boy wizards, farting corpses, time traveling lawyers, washed-up tennis players, ghostly baseball players, and an entire roster of kids movies. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys crossover with the Talk Hard podcast to bring you their favorite movies from each other’s HOME STATES, including one with a mustacheless 70s heart throb, one with a foul-mouthed 8 year old, and one low-budget comedy filmed on weekends for over 8 years. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys talk about their favorite ROTTEN MOVIES (rated less than 50% on rottentomatoes.com), including the sequel to the movie version of a tv show, a movie whose director cast himself as the savior of the world, and a movie with a whopping 0% critic score. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys talk about their favorite CHILDHOOD MOVIES, including one based on a board game, one based on an ad campaign, and one in which all the main characters die in the first five minutes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys discuss their favorite political films including a movie that fueled Gibby's hatred for Boy Scouts, a movie that uncovers the guys' ignorance of U.K. history, and our first puppet movie! Intro 3:18 - Jordan’s # 3 7:33 - Gibby’s # 3 11:35 - Lance’s # 3 17:08 - Hudson’s # 3 22:28 - Jordan’s # 2 28:00 - Gibby’s # 2 33:10 - Lance’s # 2 38:36 - Hudson’s # 2 44:15 - Jordan’s # 1 47:41 - Gibby’s # 1 52:38 - Lance’s # 1 58:57 - Hudson’s # 1 1:04:14 - Excited about… --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys tussle over 'time travel' movies, including a movie made for only $7000, a movie showing a cyborg cooking dinner, and a movie that turned Gibby into a puddle (what else is new). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

With Halloween right around the corner, the guys talk about the movies they find most disturbing, including one that swept the Oscars, one that made Hudson scream (literally), and another that almost made Lance give up movies altogether. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys argue about which movies they feel are the most overrated, including the two highest grossing movies of all time, the two most beloved film franchises, and Limp Bizkit fans favorite movie. Intro Lance # 3 (6:45) Jordan # 3 (11:40) Gibby # 3 (16:32) Hudson # 3 (18:46) Lance # 2 (23:45) Jordan # 2 (28:03) Gibby # 2 (32:22) Hudson # 2 (35:54) Lance # 1 (41:20) Jordan # 1 (47:10) Gibby # 1 (51:58) Hudson # 1 (55:21) Closing (1:05:13) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The guys make a list of their Top 3 Debut Films (or movies by first-time filmmakers) and discuss the movie that most influenced middle school girls' Trapper Keepers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app